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| Keywords: Jean Pénicaud II - Temperance - Walters 44187.jpg She is represented as a young woman in over half-length pouring liquid from one gilt tazza into another Her sparsely draped figure is seen from the back in three-quarters view to the right Her hair is brought around her head in two plaits knotted at the central part She casts a shadow against a niche imitating jasper flecked with glazes of dark red blue and yellow The iconography of this piece as well as Walters 44 188 is decidedly Italian not French It is to be related to the practice of High Renaissance Italian sculptors of placing the cardinal virtues in the niches of tombs a practice followed in France cf E Panofsky Tomb Sculpture New York 1964 pp 74 f ca 1540 1545 technique painted enamel gold copper cm 27 5 21 2 accession number 44 187 14498 Duke of Marlborough Blenheim Castle date and mode of acquisition unknown Blenheim Castle Sale London June 14 1883 no 66 Lucien Cottreau date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale Paris April 28-29 1910 no 54 J Pierpont Morgan date and mode of acquisition unknown Henri Daguerre Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1928 Signature at the top P I Pénicaud Iunior Transcription at the base TEMPERANTIA Exposition Universelle Paris 1889 place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Limoges painted enamels in the Walters Art Museum Jean Pénicaud II Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
